Lawrence H. Sorey’s General Store opened in 1910, was the first business in an area of ranches and farms originally settled by Stephen Higley. Sorey’s store seen in a 1930s photograph was demolished in 2010.
Provided By San Tan Historical SocietyPratt-Gilbert Hardware is shown here on First and Jefferson streets in downtown Phoenix in 1910. It was founded by Charles H. Pratt and Cyril S. Gilbert, who met in 1899 while working for another company that failed, leaving wagons unsold. So Pratt and Gilbert started out selling wagons. Eventually they ended up at 701 S. 7th St., at a building that still stands.
Provided By Betty Lou Gilbert MeeksFire was one of the constant threats in the mostly wooden Phoenix of the early days. In 1910, the Adams Hotel burned down, leaving the Territorial governor, who lived there at the time, out on the street.
Provided By Jeremy Rowe CollectionDescending the Grand View Copper Mine Trail circa 1910.
Library Of CongressThe Blacksmith shop Cavalliere Iron Works, built in 1910, located on the northeast corner of Brown and Second Street in Scottsdale.
The RepublicSome of the original Harvey Girls gather in the lunch room at the Harvey House in Winslow around 1910.
Arizona Capitol MuseumThis photo shows students at the Kyrene School in 1910.
Provided By Tempe History MuseumAn undated faded postcard from about 1910 is one of only a handful of photographs depicting the isolated Pineair Resort in Mesa.
Provided By Mesa Preservation FoundationStarting in about 1910, cotton became a big crop in Peoria.
Provided By PeoriaIn the summertime, irrigation canals and ditches full of water, although inherently dangerous, were attractive swimming places for young and old. Two Whitney boys, Forrest (left) and Marion (right), enjoy a splash in Lateral 19 near their home in Glendale. With them in this image from the mid-1910s are three cousins from Michigan.
Provided By Glendale Arizona Historical SocietyWashington street in Phoenix looking eastward circa 1910.
The RepublicStarting in about 1910, cotton became a big crop in Peoria.
Provided By PeoriaThe Arizona Republican building, in about 1908 or 1910, on the northeast corner of Second and Adams streets. It was the newspaper's first permanent home.
The RepublicIn this old photo, several clues give a hint as to its location in early Mesa, including Majestic, Mesa’s first indoor movie theater built around 1910.
Provided By Mesa Historical MuseumBroad, well-shaded broad porches provided needed shade from the summer sun, and a place to catch a breeze while sleeping on torrid nights, as seen in this 1910 picture of a Mesa home.
Provided By Mesa Preservation Foundation ArchiveGirl with baby carriage beside Christmas tree, circa 1910.
Provided Bh Arizona Historical SocietyGirl in a winter coat with hat and muff under a Christmas Tree, circa 1910.
Provided By Arizona Historical SocietyHenry Clay Day and Alice Day, the grandparents of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, at the Lazy B Ranch in Duncan, Ariz., in the 1910s.
Provided By Alan DayDowntown Glendale had several businesses and unpaved streets, and horses had the right of way in 1910. The two-story Gillett Building, built in 1909, is on the left. The building still stands at the southeast corner of 58th Drive and Glendale Avenue.
Provided By Glendale Arizona Historical SocietyA Curtiss biplane is prepared for flight during the first Phoenix air show at the Arizona Territorial Fairgrounds in February 1910. It was the first time most Valley people had ever seen an airplane in flight.
Provided By The Mullan And Weber FamiliesThe open-air Mesa Coliseum is shown at the center in this circa 1910 photograph. It was opened by William Menhennet.
Provided By Mesa Historical MuseumA postcard shows the historic Alhambra Hotel in its early days, about 1910.
Provided By Mesa Historical SocietyThe existing train depot at Ash Avenue and Third Street was built in 1924 after the previous wooden depot, pictured here in 1910, burned down.
Provided By Tempe History MuseumThe U.S.-Mexico border between the communities of Nogales circa the 1910s.
Provided By University Of Arizona LibraryThe Roosevelt Dam opened in 1911, with President Theodore Roosevelt presiding at the dedication. The cities in the Valley of the Sun could not survive without the water, power and flood control provided by this federally backed dam.
Provided By Salt River ProjectWilliam "Bucky" O'Neil, founder of O'Neil Printing, poses with employees outside the O'Neil Letter Shop building in 1911. The building was located on the corner of Central Avenue and Washington Street.
Provided By O’Neil PrintingMay Hicks Curtis Hill (left) displays an early version (circa 1911) of what would become Arizona's state flag.
Provided By Northern Arizona University Cline LibraryEstelle Hackett was one of Tempe's first telephone operators. This photo was taken about 1911.
Provided By Tempe History MuseumTheodore Roosevelt addresses a large gathering from the steps of Old Main at ASU on March 20, 1911.
Provided By Tempe History MuseumTheodore Roosevelt arrives for the Roosevelt Dam dedication in 1911.
Provided By SRP Research ArchivesGrand Canyon explorers Ellsworth Kolb, Emery Kolb and Bert Lauzon prepare to launch the Defiance on the Colorado River. The Kolb brothers established a photography business at South Rim, taking pictures of mule-riding tourists and other Canyon scenes in 1911.
Provided By NAU Cline LibraryEven though the horse still was the dominant transportation form in 1911, Tempe leaders saw the impact of motorized vehicles on the town. Amongst other things Ordinance #87 limited speed on Mill Avenue, where this ice truck is seen in front of the Laird & Dines Drug Store, to just ten miles per hour.
Provided By Tempe History MuseumTeddy Roosevelt leads a party descending into the Grand Canyon in 1911. Roosevelt was instrumental in the preservation of the canyon.
Library Of CongressDonofrio's confectionary shown in 1912 on Washington Street, about halfway between First Street and Central Avenue in Phoenix.
Provided By Joe PrewittOra Weed and his family stand in front of their home in "Weedville" in the summer of 1912.
Provided By Glendale Historical SocietyOn May 17, 1912, Dr. Chandler opened his land sales office in what would become Downtown Chandler. With that, the town of Chandler was born. This picture shows the crowds of people who came from across the country to buy land.
Provided By Chandler Historical SocietyFirst called the Atwood Hotel, this 1900 brick structure depicted on a circa 1912 postcard was renamed the Casa Loma in 1902.
Provided By Tempe History MuseumDr. A.J. Chandler (at right, wearing vest) and his brother, Harry L. Chandler (left), at Chandler Land Sale Day. In research more than 100 years after the fact, it was discovered that the town bearing Chandler’s name was founded on May 16, 1912, not May 17, as believed for a century.
Provided By Chandler MuseumProcessing center clerks are shown here in a 1960s office at the Merchants & Manufacturers' Association in Phoenix. The association, founded Feb. 15, 1912, provides a variety of business services. It is now Merchants Information Solutions Inc.
Provided By Merchants Information Solutions Inc.On May 17, 1912, Dr. Chandler opened the Townsite Office on Commonwealth Avenue, and started the process of selling his 18,000 acre ranch. Chandler was instrumental in providing hydroelectric power to people in what is now called the East Valley.
Provided By Chandler Historical SocietyArizona's first day of statehood might have come six years earlier if voters had approved a proposal to admit New Mexico and Arizona to the Union as a single state, but Arizona voters rejected the plan. It might have come a day or two earlier if Feb. 12 had not been a holiday, Abraham Lincoln's birthday, and 13 not been considered unlucky. Instead, Feb. 14, 1912, it was.
Library Of CongressCrews work on the foundation of the new San Marcos Hotel in Chandler, during an early phase of construction in 1912. Concrete was poured in the foundation to create the basement of the hotel, which remains intact. A portion of the basement will be opened as a new bar later this year.
Provided By Chandler MuseumWorkers surround the foundation that is being dug for the new San Marcos Hotel in Chandler in 1912.
Provided By Chandler MuseumArizona became the 48th state on Feb. 14, 1912, entering the union with a progressive constitution that includes cutting-edge-for-the-era political ideas such as the initiative and referendum. Statehood was delayed after President William Howard Taft on Aug. 15, 1911, vetoed a resolution to admit the territories of Arizona and New Mexico over his objection to Arizona allowing the recall of judges, which he viewed as a threat to an independent judiciary. Arizona relented and removed judicial recall, but voters quickly restored it via a ballot referendum after statehood was secured.
The RepublicThe Arizona State (then Tempe Normal School) baseball program won the Arizona Republican Cup in 1912.
The RepublicWorkers tend to the railroad tracks in Tempe in 1912.
The RepublicThe Arizona Republican in 1912 on Adams and Second streets in Phoenix.
The RepublicThe Ash Avenue Bridge under construction, circa 1912.
Provided By Tempe Historical MuseumThe Morrisons opened Chandler's first grocery store in 1912. Phoenix-area grocers got most of their fruits and vegetables from local farmers.
Provided By Chandler Historical SocietyChandler U.S. Post Office circa 1912.
Provided By Chandler Historical SocietyChandler Grammar School circa 1912.
Provided By Chandler MuseumSan Xavier del Bac Mission pictured in 1913.
Provided By Department Of Library, Archives And Public RecordsIn this picture, George Lewis tees off on the original San Marcos golf course in 1913.
Provided By Chandler Historical SocietyBy the end of 1913, there were nearly 8,000 ostriches in Arizona, the most anywhere except in Africa. Several ostrich ranches were in the Glendale area, but the industry collapsed after World War I when ladies’ fashion changed.
Provided By Glendale Arizona Historical SocietyThis photo from 1913 shows the building that housed the Salt River Valley Water Users Association until 1957. The building was constructed in 1910 near Van Buren and Third streets and was demolished in 1961.
Provided By Salt River ProjectRuins of a cliff dwelling in the Grand Canyon are shown in this 1913 image.
Library Of CongressStudents rally for schools in 1912. To the slogan ÒNot room for one more,Ó Glendale Grammar School students parade along Grand Avenue in support of a bond issue for a new school. The four-room brick schoolhouse had become extremely overcrowded. Voters passed a bond issue in 1913 and a unique design of 36 one-room classrooms was built between 1913 and 1920. Today, one of the classrooms remains in back of the Glendale Elementary School District Administration Building, 7301 N. 58th Ave.
Provided By Glendale Arizona Historical SocietyChandler's famous San Marcos Hotel was built in 1913 and has hosted a plethora of famous guests. Visitors report seeing a female figure, hearing a man moaning and staff receiving calls from phone extensions in the hotel that don't exist.
Provided By Chandler MuseumThis photo shows the San Marcos Hotel in Chandler as it neared completion in 1913.
Provided By Chandler MuseumA shot of the San Marcos as it takes shape in Chandler during construction. The hotel was built in 1912-13, opening in November 1913. The original guest rooms today are used as meeting rooms and hotel offices.
Provided By Chandler MuseumFredrick Douglas School in 1913.
Provided By Phoenix Elementary School District #1The San Marcos Hotel in Chandler in 1913. One of the most popular features of the new hotel was the grand court, a covered patio and veranda on the front of the building.
Provided By Chandler MuseumChandler Train Depot circa 1913.
Provided By Chandler Historical SocietySan Marcos Hotel circa 1913.
Provided By Chandler MuseumLaborers and local officials pose on the San Marcos Hotel construction site in 1913.
Provided By Chandler MuseumA placer mine operates in 1913 at Lees Ferry, where Mormon pioneers often crossed the Colorado River. The river was nearly impossible to cross once it entered the Grand Canyon.
Library Of CongressThe San Marcos Hotel opened on November 22, 1913, making it over a century old. It was one of the earliest luxury resort hotels in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Provided By San Marcos HotelPostcard view of Tempe's first permanent city hall completed in 1914.
Provided By Tempe History MuseumGilbert's first church, the Church of Christ, was built in 1914 at East Cullumber and Elm Street in what's now downtown Gilbert.
Provided By Gilbert Historical MuseumRay C. Lehman, owner of Glendale Transfer Co., takes his two children for a spin in the company truck around 1914. Draymen, such as Lehman, served a vital function in moving all sorts of goods and equipment in the days before hydraulic mechanization. Lehman's family home is in the background.
Provided By Glendale Historical SocietyThe first Tempe City Hall was completed in 1914 in the Neo-classical style. Over the next fifty years, it was expanded several times until the decision was made to demolish it in 1968. A debate then ensued over the location of the new city hall. Should it be located at the downtown Tempe location or at the Southern and Rural Road, site of the current library.
Provided By Tempe History MuseumBarney Oldfield at the scratch line at West Gurley and Montezuma streets in Prescott on Nov. 11, 1914. Prescott was one of the stops on the Cactus Derby route that year.
Provided By The Nancy Burgess CollectionPhoenix Union High School vs Phoenix Indian School in 1914.
The RepublicThe Tempe State Bridge, better known as the Ash Avenue Bridge, circa 1914, about a year after the bridge opened.
Provided By Tempe Historical MuseumA long road view of the Tempe State Bridge, also known as the Ash Avenue Bridge, circa 1914.
Provided By Tempe Historical MuseumIn this 1915 photograph, the J.D. Halstead Lumber Company receives a shipment of new lumber to its warehouse on the outskirts of Chandler.
Provided By Chandler Historical SocietyThe young town of Chandler appears in this 1915 photo. Chicago Street is in the foreground running towards the east, the San Marcos Hotel appears to the left, and the few permanent buildings in town are surrounded by temporary tenthouses and farm fields.
Provided By Chandler Historical SocietyChildren on a playground at Gilbert Elementary School in 1915.
Provided By Gilbert Historical MuseumSwimming has always been a favorite summer pastime for people living in Chandler. In the days before air conditioning, it was one of the few ways Arizonans had to cool down in the hot summer months. Chandler residents had a few options when they decided they wanted to go for a dip. Irrigation canals bringing water to farmers fields were all over town. It was common to see children splashing in the cool canal water. Another option was the municipal pool. It was located on the northwest corner of McQueen and Frye Roads, where the BMX track is today. It was built around the time that Chandler became a town in 1912. The pool was a favorite place for Chandler residents to cool down until the late 1950s, when it was closed. Pictured here are members of the Lewis and Armstrong families enjoying a refreshing swim in 1915.
Provided By Chandler Historical SocietyThe south-facing front of the Sugar Beet Factory is pictured here in 1915. Smoke belches from the gigantic smokestack as sugar beets are processed into raw sugar near the end of its sugar-producing days. Empty and unused for years, the building still stands near Glendale and 52nd avenues.
Provided By Glendale Historical SocietyThe Creed Grocery Store was established in 1915 on the west side of Gilbert Road by Raymond Rodney Creed (left) and his wife, Etta. The Creeds arrived by train in Gilbert in 1912, accompanied by their two children, Leslie and Pauline (right). They became very active members of the Methodist Church, which organized in 1915.
Provided By Gilbert Historical MuseumA men’s fitness class works out at the YMCA facility in 1915.
Provided By Phoenix Historical MuseumVisitors in 1915 peer at the Grand Canyon from Telescope Tower at Lookout Studio.
National Park ServiceFriends and family gather after the 1915 graduation ceremony at Phoenix Union High School, at Seventh and Van Buren streets downtown. This building was the auditorium.
Provided By Arizona State ArchivesThe photo shows how people bought meat when Glendale was a city of about 1,000 residents. Notice the lard buckets on the side counter -- a staple at all the meat markets. The market was on the north side of East Washington Avenue (now Glendale Avenue) between North First Avenue and Lateral 18 (now 58th Drive and 59th Avenue). The site now is occupied by the City Hall parking structure.
Provided By Glendale Arizona Historical SocietyThe Tempe Bulldogs Marching Band in 1915, the year it was founded by Lillian Williams. The band is now the Sun Devil Marching Band.
Provided By ASUA circa 1915 photo of a community picnic in Gilbert.
Provided By Gilbert Historical MuseumLinsenmeyer family at the ranch, 1915.
Provided By Linsenmeyer FamilyBishop Atwood speaks at the setting of the cornerstone Cathedral House in 1915.
Provided By Trinity CathedralMany Tempe businesses were given a forced day off in 1916, when the City Council enacted a Blue Law mandating that most commercial businesses close on Sundays.
Provided By Tempe History MuseumThe Jefferson Hotel, now the Barrister Place, in 1916 in Phoenix.
The RepublicThe only known photograph from the 1916 film “The Yaqui” provides an early glimpse of Mill Avenue. The arched entry of the Tempe National Bank is visible in the background.
Provided By Moving PicturesThe Suhwaro Hotel circa 1916.
Provided By Chandler MuseumFlagstaff Street Scene During Winter, 1916.
Provided By Arizona Historical SocietyView of Leroux Street after Snow Storm, Flagstaff, 1916.
Provided By Arizona Historical SocietyNowell's store, seen here in 1917, was one of the pioneer businesses in Gilbert.
Provided By Gilbert Historical MuseumThe Bank of Gilbert in 1917 was located across the street from where Joe's Real BBQ now stands.
Provided By Gilbert Historical MuseumThe Tempe Cotton Exchange was the center of Tempe's cotton industry, shown here during a fire in 1917.
Provided By Tempe History MuseumStriking miners and others rounded up in 1917 are gathered at Warren Ballpark in Bisbee while armed members of a posse stand in the infield keeping watch.
Provided By Arizona Historical SocietyImages of the 1917 Arizona license plate, the first, according to a Supreme Court brief, to feature a logo.
Provided By Gary Fox/azplates.comHail fell on East Adams Street in Phoenix in late afternoon March 12, 1917. Less than two years later, it snowed a bit downtown.
Provided By Arizona Collection, ASU LibrarySnow in Phoenix at Adams and Second streets on March 12, 1917.
The RepublicResidents dance at Riverside Park in Phoenix circa 1917.
Provided By McCullough Brothers/ASUGilbert's first basketball team, formed in 1918, featured, from left: Edwin Miller, Larry Allen, Orin Fuller, Carroll Brown and Merril Hatch.
Provided By Gilbert Historical MuseumChandler High School is celebrating its centennial this weekend. This photo shows Chandler High School’s first graduating class in 1918 (from left): Bruce Robinson, Nora Chitwood and Earnest Koch. The ceremony was held at the San Marcos Hotel downtown.
Provided By Chandler MuseumThe building in the photograph was originally the Timmons Garage that was built about the same time as the Gilbert Bank in 1917. In 1918, Timmons sold the garage to Albert Tone and Charles M. Blakely. Today, this building houses Joe's Real BBQ but is still known by many as the Tone Building. This photo shows Charles M. Blakely (right) with his team of mechanics.
Provided By Gilbert Historical MuseumOn Aug. 3, 1918, the Casa Grande Ruins became a national monument.
The RepublicThe Wigwam when it was first built in 1918 as the Organization House.
The RepublicIn the 1919-1920 school year, Gilbert High School taught students from the seventh to 12th grade.
Provided By Gilbert Historical MuseumWorkers pave Mill Avenue in Tempe in 1919. Tempe History Museum Workers pave Mill Avenue in 1919, five years before Roy Hughes set up his movie production office on the Tempe street.
Provided By Tempe History MuseumGilbert High School in 1919.
Provided By Gilbert Historical MuseumThis picture of downtown Gilbert shows the original unpaved Main Street — today’s Gilbert Road — around 1919 with vehicles parked on both sides of the wide street. The photograph is taken from the west side of the street looking north. On the right you see the Pilcher Drug Store that had been established as Gilbert’s first pharmacy in 1916. Looking north from there is a large lot, which later became an outside dance floor. Next is the Bank of Gilbert, built in 1917. This building is currently the Allstate Insurance Co. office.
Provided By Gilbert Historical MuseumLookout Tower on the South Rim, as seen in 1919.
National Park ServiceMesa’s 1919 three-day King Kotton Karnival was the town’s biggest event ever with parades (as seen in this photograph) and many other activities. A carnival banner hangs along Main Street at center left.
Provided By Arizona Museum Of Natural HistoryFirst Gilbert Methodist Church, located on the southwest corner of North Ash Street and West Vaughn Street, was completed in 1919.
Provided By Gilbert Historical MuseumSt. Mary's High School in 1919. The school this year celebrates its 100th birthday.
Provided By St. Mary's High SchoolThe student body of St. Mary's High School in 1918-1919.
Provided By St. Mary's High SchoolThe original cattle pens of the Tovrea Land and Cattle Co., founded in 1919 west of 48th Street and Van Buren, that comprised the world's largest feed lot at what is now The Stockyards restaurant.
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